Pinaki Bhattacharya

Pinaki Bhattacharyya is the Founder, MD and CEO of AMPIN Energy Transition, a leading renewable energy transition company headquartered in New Delhi, India with its offices in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore. He established the company 10 years ago and today, AMPIN Energy Transition is an industry leading IPP with a pan India presence providing a one stop shop for customers through its powerful and resilient combination of large utility scale and C&I renewable energy projects, helping its customers to transition to 100% RE. With a portfolio of 6 GWp + 5.5 GWh and presence across 22 states in India to 300+ marquee customers in India and backed by leading institutional investors from Europe, Japan, rest of Asia and North America such as Sumitomo Corporation, SMBC, Norfund, and Siemens with highest standards of corporate governance and ESG, AMPIN plans to scale up to 25 GW by 2030.  In addition to its core renewable energy generation business, AMPIN’s Energy Transition enablers enhance its competitive edge by driving strategic initiatives in energy trading, solar cell and module manufacturing, green hydrogen, and energy storage, positioning it to become one of India’s leading energy transition players.   

Pinaki Bhattacharyya has 23+ years of experience in India, US and Europe across PE, business incubation, leadership, operating and financing roles in the renewable energy sector. Prior to starting AMPIN, Pinaki was the CFO of Sterlite Power, India's leading transmission player. Additionally, he was the founding team member and CFO of one of the largest renewable IPPs in India (Sembcorp Green Infra) and the founding team member of the first renewable energy project equity fund in the US, New Energy Capital. He has managed the largest and most diversified renewable energy private equity portfolio of USD 300M for IDFC Private Equity. He has worked across the value chain in both renewable and thermal power generation at GE Vernova (erstwhile ALSTOM and ABB) and Intergen (a Shell-Bechtel venture with 16 GW power portfolio).  

Pinaki is actively involved in policy advocacy for the renewable energy sector in India and holds key positions in various associations. He is the President of Distributed Solar Power Association (DISPA), Co-Chair of FICCI’s Renewable Energy CEO’s Committee and is an active member of CII and ICC’s Energy Committee. He has an MBA from Cornell University and B.E. Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering.